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S4.E1 ∙ Lethal Obsession

Tue, Sep 15, 1998

Blind ambition, rage, and desire can lead to murder.

7.5 /10

S4.E2 ∙ Traces of Guilt

Tue, Sep 08, 1998

The smallest clues can solve a case.

7.5 /10

S4.E3 ∙ Electronic Witness

Sun, Nov 08, 1998

As technology becomes more advanced, people can't help but leave electronic traces wherever they go.

7.5 /10

S4.E4 ∙ Dead Wrong

Tue, Oct 13, 1998

Criminals often attempt to change crime scenes to hide a crime. Forensics can detect how.

7.4 /10

S4.E5 ∙ Lasting Impressions

Tue, Sep 22, 1998

Sometimes killers leave behind unintentional traces, like shoe treads and fingerprints.

7.3 /10

S4.E6 ∙ Women Who Kill

Sun, Nov 15, 1998

Though women kill in less violent ways, they're equally as deadly as men.

7.7 /10

S4.E7 ∙ Deadly Dealings

Sun, Dec 20, 1998

Why some killers hire others to kill for them.

3.2 /10

The New Detectives examines several disturbing cases of serial killers including the Hillside Stranger (Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono) in Los Angeles, the Trailside Killer (David Carpenter) near San Francisco, and the Interstate Killer (Larry Eyler) who dumped bodies along Interstate 294 in Illinois and Indiana.

7.4 /10

S4.E9 ∙ A Taste of Poison

Sun, Nov 22, 1998

Those who poison must first put their victims at ease and earn their trust.

3.5 /10

S4.E10 ∙ Grave Discoveries

Sun, Nov 29, 1998

The passage of time can convince people to talk and coupled with new technologies can help to solve old cases.

7.6 /10

S4.E11 ∙ Texas Rangers

Tue, Dec 08, 1998

The New Detectives looks at several crimes investigated by the Texas Rangers including the murder of Billy Staton who tape recorded his own death, the rape and murder of seventy-two year old Lydia Schumacher by Charles Supak Jr., and a body discovered in Cooke County that eventually leads to Terry Brown a truck driver and multiple murderers.

6.7 /10

S4.E12 ∙ Bad Medicine

Mon, Dec 07, 1998

How forensics can be used to crack drug rings.

7.5 /10

S4.E13 ∙ Unlikely Sources

Wed, Jan 06, 1999

Some of the best clues com from the least likely places. Baffling crimes betrayed through evidence provided by insects, beer bottles and other seemingly meaningless objects.

7.4 /10